Herston

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,831 people in Herston of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Herston was 29 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.7% of the population.

Of people in Herston aged 15 years and over, 26.0% were married and 9.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Herston was 43 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Herston, of people aged 15 years and over, 26.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Herston was 44 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Herston 36.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 14.2% were in primary school, 9.1% in secondary school and 60.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Herston were Australian 23.6%, English 23.6%, Irish 12.3%, Scottish 6.8% and Chinese 5.1%.

In Herston, 67.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 4.2%, England 3.3%, India 2.3%, New Zealand 2.2% and Vietnam 1.0%.

In Herston, 52.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 32.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Herston were No Religion 34.8%, Catholic 25.8%, Anglican 11.2%, Uniting Church 4.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.3%.

In Herston 75.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 4.6%, Spanish 1.2%, Malayalam 1.1%, Cantonese 1.1% and French 1.0%.

Employment

There were 1,100 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Herston. Of these 59.0% were employed full time, 30.1% were employed part-time and 5.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Herston, 11.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Herston was 33 years and for people who were employed part-time was 27 years.

The most common occupations in Herston included Professionals 41.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.0%, Managers 11.0%, Sales Workers 9.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.6%, Labourers 5.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.6%.

Of the employed people in Herston, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 14.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.7%, Tertiary Education 4.1%, State Government Administration 3.9% and School Education 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Herston was $674.

In Herston, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 38.2%, Walked only 18.7%, Bus 15.1%, Car, as passenger 3.8% and Bicycle 2.7%. On the day, 18.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 41.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Herston, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 18.3% provided care for children and 8.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.3% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Herston, 28.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 4.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Herston, 35.2% were couple families with children, 40.5% were couple families without children and 16.0% were one parent families.

In Herston 13.0% of single parents were male and 87.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Herston, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,982 and those without children was $2,725.

Employment status of couple families

In Herston, of couple families with children, 33.5% had both partners employed full-time, 7.4% had both employed part-time and 23.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Herston, 90.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Herston, 48.5% were separate houses, 24.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 26.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Herston, of occupied private dwellings 6.2% had 1 bedroom, 31.3% had 2 bedrooms and 40.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Herston, 16.7% were owned outright, 25.5% were owned with a mortgage and 55.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Herston, of all households, 50.4% were family households, 26.4% were single person households and 23.2% were group households.

In Herston, 17.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 18.6% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Herston, 43.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 28.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Herston, there were 24 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 16 (or 66.7%) were male and 8 (or 33.3%) were female. The median age was 23 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Herston, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,708.

In Herston, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $460 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.